Disclaimer: Blah blah blah…. I own nothing you don't have to rub it in.

Authors Note: I hope this chapter is to your liking. It may be a little more dramatic then the others but hey you love it and my mind is full of it. Without further ado I give you… Chapter 3!

P.S. You know how in most Baley fics Haley goes running to Brooke (Not all just a lot of the ones I read) Well you probably wont find it here. They'll get together but Haley isn't just a Booty call so HA!

Lukas stood outside the door of Haley's bedroom. What the hell was that?

I think they were about to do…it!

I got that…Jesus I spend too much time with Haley.

How so?

I'm talking to myself!

Yeah, well hey self, guess what, Haley is going to want to talk and um… uh… what do we say?

I don't know but I think we have to talk to her, and I don't want to.

Then run! She'll never know! Lukas was about to take his own advice when Haley stepped outside the door closing it behind her. "Luke, Hi"

"Hi? All you can say is Hi?" Lukas blurted out. Haley stared at him and nodded.

"What do you want me to say?" She asked confused.

"I…I…I don't know"

"You said you'd be fine with this." Haley reminded him. Lukas stared at her.

"I lied!" He yelled out so loud that Brooke heard him in the room.

"Well, maybe you should learn to tell the truth!" Haley stated. "Why are you so upset?" She asked.

"Because."

"Because?"

"She's Brooke Davis!"

"And?"

"She sleeps with everyone!" Lukas stated matter-of-factly. Lukas felt a hot pain on his cheek as he realized Haley slapped him. He grabbed her hand and hissed "You want to be a whore like her go ahead. You disgust me! You slut" Haley felt her eyes water and she could just stare at him. "You are just like your dad!" She yelled after him. He turned around and smiled "And you are just like those sluts and whores we made fun of!" Lukas yelled back. She felt the sting of tears slide down her face. Brooke opened the door to try and comfort Haley but was stopped. Haley put her hand up to Brooke and put her head down. "Get out" She stated.

"Hales, I"

"Get out!" Haley yelled. Brooke looked down and just left. She didn't try to say anything or connect the dots she just…left.

It was finally Monday. Brooke wasn't talking to Haley, Haley wasn't talking to Brooke, and Peyton wouldn't talk to Brooke because Lukas told her what happened when they went out. The only person left to talk to was Nathan. Haley sat next to him at lunch he was, surprisingly, eating alone. "Hi." She said sadly.

"Hello" He smiled looking up at her. "You don't mind if I sit here?"

"Definitely not."

"Thanks"

"So I was hoping for a tutor lesson soon, see I got my Math test back…"

"Nate, how'd you do?" She asked sympathetically.

"I got a 'B'!" He stated proudly.

"That's great." She smiled. He frowned at her. "I still want to be tutored because I want an 'A' in math. I think it's the only way to keep my average up above a 'C' so I need that 'A' soon." He laughed. She looked at him with sympathy in her eyes. "I can try today…but I think I might have to be somewhere." She stated taking a bite of her french-fries. He looked at her surprised. "Really?" He asked.

"Yes!" She said slapping him playfully on the shoulder. He nodded. "Oh somewhere you have to be…it's a doctors appointment." He stated.

"Nope" She smiled

"Therapy?" He asked

"Nope"

"Grocery shopping" He guessed finally. She shook her head blushing. "No"

"Yeah it is" He stated in a victorious tone.

"Now why can't you at least pretend I have a life for like 2 seconds that's all I ask." He laughed at her, she was such a nerd and he loved it. He liked Haley and he wanted Haley. Unfortunately he wasn't going to try to take Haley he had seen her with Luke and could tell they weren't going to be together ever, but He saw Haley with Brooke and suddenly he knew he had missed his chance. He smiled up at her and she smiled back. These were the moments he loved. Being with his friend just hanging out not talking about sex, parties, or the best place to get a beer, just…hanging out.

Brooke walked away from the table with all the cheerleaders at it. "Where are you going?"

"I'll be right back" she assured. She quickly sat down next to Haley before Haley could get away. Brooke held onto Haley's hand and Haley didn't seem to be trying to get away. Brooke pulled her back down to sit.

"I know you're mad but it wasn't my fault."

"Brooke, that's not it. What happened was a mistake." Haley stated. Brooke's eyes began to water but she quickly wiped the tears away. She shook her head and Haley hated that she was hurting Brooke.

"No it wasn't"

"Brooke you can't be serious you and I will never be…together." Haley said sadly.

"That's not true." Brooke gazed into Haley's eyes and felt the same spark they had before. "Brooke face it. We can't be together. I don't think it's a possibility." Haley started to get up but Brooke gently sat her down.

"Haley. I promise you that I will never hurt you. I promise to protect you, please I just want to be there for you." Brooke said a smile broke out on her face. Haley nodded. Then she started to shake her head. "Then be there as a friend or not at all" Haley stated.

Brooke stared at her. She hung her head in defeat. "I'd rather be your friend then your nothing" Brooke muttered. Haley nodded and removed Brooke's hand from her own. Brooke sat there; she couldn't believe what just happened. Haley turned her down. Haley wanted to be friends. Haley probably thinks you're a big freak and that you're crazy!

Brooke shook her head at the thought. She never said she wanted me out of her life. I rather have that then nothing at all. Brooke walked back to the table with the cheerleaders. She plopped herself down onto the bench and stared at her food.

"Brooke? Come in Brooke" Theresa said. Brooke and her usually got along during practice and along with the other cheerleaders all the time but Theresa was really pissing Brooke off. "What?" Brooke asked surprised at the mention of her name.

"What were you doing with Tutor Girl?" She asked in disgust.

"Her a name is Haley." Brooke muttered. Theresa looked at her.

"What was that?" She asked

"Her Name Is Haley!" Brooke yelled at the girl sitting across from her. The other cheerleaders weren't sure how to take this. Brooke made up the nickname. Brooke started it what were they supposed to do? "Jesus Christ, calm down" Theresa smiled.

"Leave me alone." Brooke yelled over her shoulder as she walked away. The cheerleaders were left there in awe.

"Hales!" Nathan yelled as he ran up to Haley who was walking in the hallway.

"Yeah?" Nathan looked at her weird. "What was that about?" he asked her as they stopped at her locker. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Try me" He said flashing her that winning smile he always used, it reminded Haley of Brooke's smile. Haley looked down.

"Look Hales, You're my best friend. I know it sounds weird because Lukas is your best friend and I have Tim. But you are there for me for the things that count, like my test scores" He smiled holding up his test "to being my driver when I get too wasted" Haley laughed slightly at that remark as she remembered Friday from a few weeks ago. "My point is whatever's going on between you and Brooke, fix it. I want my happy-go-lucky Tutor back"

"How'd you know something was going on between us?"

"Please. I know you guys and you aren't so great with the hiding-of-the-secrets" He laughed at the stunned girl in front of him. "You ready for class?" He asked as he pulled her stuff out of her locker for her. "No you don't. Don't change the subject."

"I have to go." He stated and then ran off down the hall, she yelled his name until he was out of her viewing range. She sighed once and walked off to class. Brooke was walking with her head down as she was going to class. She was walking quicker then usual she wanted the seat behind Haley. She was looking at her notes when she ran smack dab into another body. "Owe" Haley, said as she slowly sat up. "Ugh" Brooke moaned as she knelt onto her knees. "I'm sorry" Neither noticed until this moment who was in front of them. "Brooke" Haley said.

"H-Haley" She smiled standing up. No one ever made Brooke Davis babble and yet here was Haley making Brooke babble. "Haley I"

"I have to go" Haley started to walk away. Brooke grabbed her hand and pulled the girl into the empty supply closet. "Brooke!" Haley yelled. "This goes far beyond okay. This is kidnapping," She said.

"I don't care."

"What?"

"Yeah, I don't care" Brooke shrugged.

"About what?"

"Them." She pointed to the door.

"The janitors?" Haley asked confused.

"No. The people; the friends the guys the cheerleaders. I don't care because I want to be with you Haley. I need to be with you. Lukas is your best friend he'll come around. I've been practicing a speech all day…" Brooke rambled on. She looked for her book that she scribbled it down in. "I'll do it by memory" she decided taking one last glance for that book. Haley stared at her completely confused.

"I think about you Haley, all the time and it confuses me. I never felt like this before but I love it. I…um… Well, I love the smell of your hair and the feel of your skin. Whenever you touch me even for one second I get chills. I don't understand why but I know I love it. I love your smile, Your confused face, your thinking face, I…" Brooke paused as she noticed the look in Haley's eyes it was a look that told Brooke Haley felt the same way.

"Haley, I love you" Brooke said finally. Haley smiled as she bit down lightly on her bottom lip. "I love you too" Haley smiled leaning up to kiss Brooke. Brooke grabbed Haley's waist and brought her closer making the space between them disappear rapidly. She kissed the shorter girl pressing their lips together roughly. The kiss softened but remained tender. Brooke rested her hand on Haley's hip as Haley brought a hand up to Brooke's face. Brooke grazed her tongue across Haley's lip silently begging for entrance. Haley gladly allowed it and their tongues started to battle it out. Brooke's hands started to wander Haley's body. Haley let out a soft moan. Brooke grinned between the kisses she was laying on Haley's neck.

Brooke was very confused as Haley pushed her away. "What is it?" she asked her eyes showed her confusion. "I can't" Haley breathed.

"Can't what?" Brooke asked her face not loosening from the look of confusion.

"I can't do us…"

"Why?"

"Because as much as I want to be with you and as much as I'm sure I don't care about what everyone thinks, I love you too much to let you hurt yourself with…this" Haley gave her a sad smile. Brooke was close to tears. "Haley I"

"Brooke, I know that you say you don't care what people think but look at it this way if your whole squad walked in on this right now, how would you feel? What would you do?" Haley interrogated her tone of voice serious. Brooke didn't know what she would do. She would probably push Haley further away and tell her friends that Haley had developed a crush on her and that she was merely telling the shorter girl to back off.

"That's what I thought" Haley said gathering her books and papers and walked out of the closet. Brooke felt the darkness and the sting of tears in her eyes. She sat in the closet, alone and that's exactly how she felt. Alone.

Haley made her way to the bathroom tears tickled her eyes. This is for the best.

Liar.

What do I…we…you mean?

You are lying. You know for damn sure that this isn't for the best. The best would be being with her. You're just scared.

So what if I am?

Well I just don't want you to lie to yourself. Oh and to tell you to suck it up. She loves you…we want this, remember?

That may be. But she isn't ready yet. She has to be ready and she's just…not.

I hate it when we're right.

See, I kind of like it.

Haley finally made it to class. She hadn't realized she was in there for so long it was a good 35 minutes into class. She walked into the room and surprisingly no eyes fell on her even the teacher seemed too preoccupied to notice her obvious lateness. Haley wasn't surprised when Brooke hadn't shown up for class. Haley noticed that Lukas was glaring at her and that Nathan was gazing at her. What the hell is up with him?

Haley said smiling at Nathan. He was acting weird. He was saying things to her and flirting with her lately. Now he watched her in class. A new stalker, awesome! Haley thought sarcastically. She turned her attention to the now speaking teacher. He asked a question and Haley looked around she saw no one raise her hand but instead she just wrote it down on a piece of paper to see if she got it right… Sure enough she did. She chanced a glance to the back of the room at Lukas and he was already falling asleep.

I have to make it right between Lukas and me. Haley smiled as she heard the bell ring and Lukas wake up shocked. Lukas got up and made his way to Peyton. Haley walked towards them. "Will you give us a minute Peyton?" Haley asked. Peyton looked at Lukas then at Haley. "Sure." She smiled sweetly.

"What is it Hales?" Lukas asked. Haley smiled at the name he used.

"I have to know why are you so mad?"

"I don't know, you didn't talk to me about it." He said hesitantly "Not that you have to answer to me or anything" He quickly saved himself. "But you didn't tell me how you felt" He explained.

"Are you alright now?" Haley asked cautiously. He nodded. "Yeah, I think so"

"We can be friends?" Haley asked

"Definitely!" Lukas cheered as they walked out of the class together. "Luke I don't even think you'll have to worry about me and Brooke Davis" She said the last word in a kind of tone that made Lukas nervous. "Why's that?" He asked surprised.

"She can't handle it."

"Handle what?"

"Me and her being together" Haley replied laughing at Lukas' slight stupidity.

"Well, I think someone has to come with me after school and shoot some hoops. That's what I do when a chick rejects me." He smiled. "She didn't reject me! I rejected her." Haley corrected. "Whatever helps you sleep at night Hales." Lukas chuckled. Haley slapped him on the shoulder lightly. "Walk you home?"

"Walk me to the café?"

"Even better" Lukas smiled. He wrapped his arm around her waist in a friend kind of way and they walked together down the halls.

NSCR

Haley smiled as Luke's shot went through the hoop. He laughed at himself then walked to a Haley. "Now you either get it in from farther away or you pay me $15"

"Ha, I could do that with my eyes closed!" Haley scoffed and grabbed the ball from under the net. She walked 2 feet farther then where Lukas had been. She smiled as she looked at the net and the distance between her and it. She threw the ball up and down it came through the net. "You were saying?"

"Brooke?"

"What?" Haley asked puzzled then she quickly turned around. Haley gasped. Brooke walked towards her. "Lukas give us a second okay?" Brooke asked looked at Haley.

"Sure…I'll be…not here," he said walking towards the tables. "Brooke-."

"No, I get to talk. Haley, I said it before and I'll say it again. I love you and if you want to be just friends fine. I'll stuff my feelings into the back of my mind for now. But don't you dare say that when you and I kiss that you don't feel that way too because I see it in your eyes."

"Brooke I do feel that way but you aren't ready for us to be together."

"I'm ready your not ready." Brooke smiled. "I'll see you around Tutor Girl" Brooke laughed as she walked away. Once her back was turned her face fell into a frown and her heart sank. I'll just have to wait for her. I can do it.

Okay. So that was that. Yeah I know you may be pissed because they aren't together but I promise they will be soon. It's just I look back on this and it's only the 3rd chapter they can't be together already! It just doesn't work that way. Oh and I was thinking that maybe the girls may need some relocation later on (hint hint) Tell me how you would feel about that. Any suggestions are awesome so please review. Oh yeah and guys… Any couples you want to see tell me and I'll try to make them work out.